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Sir Mel Stride vs David Simmonds

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,065 shared comparable votes.

1,055 same votes 10 different votes 1,065 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
53 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
53 Aye 72 No
24 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
97 Aye 40 No
Migration 99% aligned 137 shared votes
95 Aye 42 No
55 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 117 shared votes
56 Aye 61 No
53 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
53 Aye 72 No
24 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
Contributions
195
+40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API